Society needs more than wonder to respect science
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With the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta sinking, the race is on to protect millions of people from…Seven days: 4–10 April 2014
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The week in science: Chile hit by magnitude-8.2 quake; US unveils most accurate atomic clock; and…UK funder explains clamp-down on open access
Apr 8, 2014, 8:00 pm By Richard Van Noorden
Wellcome Trust's Robert Kiley discusses sanctions to ensure that grants lead to freely available…Metabolic quirks yield tumour hope
Apr 8, 2014, 8:00 pm By Heidi LedfordEarly clinical-trial results show promise for targeting cancer-related biochemical pathways. Nature…EU states lose up to one-third of honeybees per year
Apr 8, 2014, 8:00 pm By Daniel CresseySurvey finds beehives died off at higher rates in north of continent. Nature News doi:…Funders punish open-access dodgers
Apr 8, 2014, 8:00 pm By Richard Van Noorden
Agencies withhold grant money from researchers who do not make publications openly available. Nature…NIH stem-cell programme closes
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Director resigns as just one clinical-trial award is made. Nature 508 157 doi: 10.1038/508157aEarth observation enters next phase
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Expectations high as first European Sentinel satellite launches. Nature 508 160 doi: 10.1038/508160aWestern science severs ties with Russia
Apr 7, 2014, 8:00 pm By Quirin Schiermeier
Country’s science renaissance threatened as NATO and NASA suspend links. Nature 508 162 doi:…Dark matter may be destroying itself in Milky Way’s core
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Excess gamma-ray light at the galactic centre may indicate invisible dark-matter particles. Nature…E-cigarettes affect cells
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Questions raised over health effects of devices. Nature 508 159 doi: 10.1038/508159aBiomarkers and ageing: The clock-watcher
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Biomathematician Steve Horvath has discovered a strikingly accurate way to measure human ageing…Time running out for rarest primate
Apr 7, 2014, 8:00 pm By Daniel CresseyRescue bid launched to save Hainan gibbon from becoming first ape driven to extinction by humans.…Stress alters children's genomes
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Poverty and unstable family environments shorten chromosome-protecting telomeres in nine-year-olds.…Fossil galaxy may be one of first ever formed
Apr 6, 2014, 8:00 pm By Clara MoskowitzThe stars in the nearby Segue 1 dwarf galaxy have low abundances of elements heavier than helium.…New origin seen for Earth's tectonic plates
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Continual diving of crust into mantle is sufficient to explain formation of plate boundaries. Nature…Lunar dust mission still chasing mystery of ‘horizon glow’
Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 pm By Eric-Hand
Nature News Blog doi:European Commission report urges legal reform to help scientists text-mine research papers
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Whistle-blower’s study suggests informing authorities privately is less likely to lead to…
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